PRINCIPAL SOLO & FEATURED ARTIST EXHIBITIONS, INSTALLATIONS AND SCREENINGS
| 2013 |
Galway Film Fleadh, selected in competition, trailer for “…for peace comes dropping slow…”,30 Minute Film Festival, Galway, Ireland |
| 2012 |
International Film Festival For Peace, “…for peace comes dropping slow…”, Honourable Mention, Best International Short Film, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 2012 |
Signal Shortlist Short Fest, nominated TV3 award “…for peace comes dropping slow…”, Signal, Bray, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2011 |
U.S Premiere of “…for peace comes dropping slow…”, Nominated Best Short Film, New Hope Film Festival, PA, USA. Festival Genius, Audience Buzz, 1st place |
| 2011 |
“…for peace comes dropping slow…” Best Experimental Short, Honourable Mention, Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival, Schull, Cork, Ireland |
| 2011 |
“…for peace comes dropping slow…” IFI, Irish Film Institute, Short Films @ The Model, Sligo Ireland |
| 2010 |
U.K Premiere of “…for peace comes dropping slow…” Nominated Best Irish Short, Foyle International Film Festival, Derry, NI, Irish Premiere Gaiety Cinema, Sligo, Ireland, sneak previews: Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, NI and Glasshouse, Culture Night Sligo,Ireland |
| 2010 |
SLIGLOW2 @The Glasshouse, Culture Night Ireland, artist lead, site-specific, and public collaborative light writing installation with Lisa Vandegrift Davala, and invited photographers and artists, Sligo, Ireland |
| 2009 |
SLIGLOW @The Glasshouse, Culture Night Ireland, artist lead, site-specific, and public collaborative light installation with Lisa Vandegrift Davala, and invited artists and photographers, Sligo, Ireland |
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| 2003 |
Celestial Circus The Crayola Factory Museum, Permanent Installation, in collaboration with 15 interns from the Easton Children’s Home, Easton, PA, USA, |
| 1996 |
Shaking The Tree: L. Vandegrift Davala and Studio, Berman Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| 1993-94 |
Tuatha Dé Danann, Lords of Light, Frank Martin Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, USA |
| 1993-94 |
Sculpting the Bloom, Back-a-the-Altar Gallery, Egner Memorial Chapel, Allentown, PA, USA |
| 1991-92 |
L. Vandegrift Davala, Alleluias of Love: Selected Works 1979-1991, 12-year retrospective, Berman Museum of Art, Philadelphia, touring to Rathbone Gallery, Albany, NY, Lycoming College Gallery, PA |
| 1979/80 |
L. Vandegrift Davala, Cork Arts Society Gallery, Cork, Ireland |
| PRINCIPAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2009-10 |
New Wave, Canon of the 21st Century, Artist’s Illustrated Books, Exhibition and AHRC research project (invited) UWE, UK |
| 2009 |
Boyle Arts Festival Exhibition, (invited) King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Ireland |
| 2007 |
HEAL, Naughton Gallery, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 2006-09 |
Sitting Room, touring to Alsager Gallery, MMU Manchester, Permanent Gallery, Brighton, Winchester Gallery, Winchester, UWE Bristol, Enschede Academy of Visual Arts, The Netherlands, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge, K Gallery, Almeida, CA, Universidad Autonoma Metropolotana, Mexico City, Martha Hellion Artist Book Center, Mexico City |
| 2003 |
Manifestations/Form & Function, Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC, NY, USA |
| 2002 |
Figurative Works 2002, Montgomery Armory Center, West Palm Beach, FL, USA, juror, Olga Viso (Hirshhorn) |
| 2002 |
AONE USA Silvermine, New Canaan, CT, USA, juror Ann Temkin, (Phila. Museum of Art) |
| 2001-02 |
7th Wexford International Artist’s Book Exhibition, Wexford Arts Centre, touring Cork and Derry, Ireland |
| 1998 |
Agart World Print Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia, (three works) |
| 1992 |
2UP, First Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| 1993 |
Harmonious Markings, Calligraphy and the Book, Kamin Gallery, U of P, (invited artist), Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| 1993 |
Art In Residence III & IV, Historic Landmarks, Philadelphia, PA, USA, guest artist, curator |
| 1992 |
Eat, Benefit for New York Food Cupboard, (invited artist), Schacht Fine Arts Center, Troy, NY, USA |
| 1991 |
Gimpel Fils, London, UK |
| 1990 |
Flower, Exhibition to Benefit Persons with AIDS, (invited artist), Schacht Fine Arts Center, Troy, NY, USA |
| 1989 |
Oireachtas, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland |
| 1989 |
12th Claremorris Exhibition, Claremorris Art Gallery, Co. Mayo, Ireland, selected by Brian Fallon |
| 1988 |
Oireachtas, Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland |
| 1987 |
S.A.D.E., Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland |
| 1987 |
Fenderesky Art Gallery Open Exhibition Competition, (First prize)Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 1987 |
10th Claremorris St., Coleman’s College, Co. Mayo, selector Henry Meyric Hughes (British Council) |
| 1987 |
Self Portraits Exhibition, Irish Visual Arts Foundation, (invited artist), Project Arts Center, Dublin, Ireland |
| 1986 |
Independent Artists Exhibition, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin, Ireland |
| 1984-87 |
Contemporary American Prints, (invited artist), Ducal Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 1984 |
Gimpel Fils, London, UK, (nine works) |
| PUBLIC, CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS |
| Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK |
| MoMA, Franklin Furnace Collection, NYC, USA |
| The Crayola Factory Museum, Easton, PA, USA |
| National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland |
| Boyle Civic Art Collection, King House Gallery & Museum, Roscommon, Ireland |
| Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| Bokartas, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| CIC, Corporate Insurance Consultants, King of Prussia, PA, USA |
| Private collections in Belgium, Britain, Greece, Ireland, Malaysia, Spain, and USA |
AWARDS, HONOURS
| 2013 |
Galway Film Fleadh, nominated 30 Minute Film Fest (trailer/ “…for peace comes dropping slow…”) |
| 2012 |
International Film Festival for Peace, Jakarta, Indonesia, Awarded Honourable Mention, Best International Short Film, “…for peace comes dropping slow…” |
| 2012 |
Signal Film Fest, Short List Showcase, Nomination, TV3 broadcast, Bray, Wicklow, Ireland, “…for peace comes dropping slow…” |
| 2011 |
Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival, Sckull, Cork, Ireland Best Experimental Film, runner-up, “…for peace comes dropping slow…” |
| 2011 |
Official Selection, screening in competition, New Hope International Film Festival, USA, nominated Best Short film, Festival Genius: 1st place Festival Genius, Audience Buzz,“…for peace comes dropping slow…” |
| 2010 |
23rd International Foyle Film Festival, Nominated Best Irish Short, Screened in competition, Derry, UK, “…for peace comes dropping slow…” |
| 2010 |
Public Art Commission, Sligo County Council Arts Office, Sligo, Ireland, for film |
| 2009 |
Artist’s Bursary, Sligo County Council Arts Office, Sligo, Ireland, for film |
| 2008/09 |
Artist’s Residency, Film, Roscommon County Council, Roscommon, Ireland, for film |
| 2003 |
Commission, Residency, The Crayola Factory Museum at Three Rivers Landing, Easton, PA, USA |
| 1991 |
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant, NYC, USA |
| 1987 |
First Prize, Fenderesky Art Gallery Open Exhibition, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 1984 |
Outstanding Contribution, Architecture and Design, presented by Irish President Dr. Patrick Hillery |
| EDUCATION |
| Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Painting |
| Apprenticed to American painter Richard Callner, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| Aegean School of Fine Art, Paros, Cyclades, Greece |
| École de Mime Potash, Montpellier, France |
| PRINCIPAL CURATED EXHIBITIONS |
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| 1997 |
Ireland: Light Body and Soul, AOV Gallery. On-line photographic exhibition |
| 1996 |
Richard Callner: Recent Oils and Watercolors, AOV Gallery. On-line exhibition |
| 1994 |
Alexander Calder at the Touraine, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1993 |
Marc Chagall, The Bible, Egner Memorial Chapel, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA |
| 1993 |
Art In Residence III, IV, Historic Landmarks for Living, Philadelphia, PA |
| PRINCIPAL CAREER RELATED EXPERIENCE |
| 2006 |
Artist-Teacher, MFA program, Vermont College of Union Institute and University |
| 2002-05 |
Visiting Lecturer to Design Services, Crayola, PA, USA
Group workshops for continuing education of Design Services staff. |
| 1995-00 |
President and Co-founder, Art On View, Inc., Internet Development, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1994 |
Visiting Lecturer to combined Irish Studies and Art History, Villanova University and Rosemont College, Villanova, PA |
| 1993 |
Artist speaker, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1991 |
Artist lecturer, Russell Sage College, Albany, NY |
| 1991 |
Keynote speaker, Phi Alpha Club, PhD theologians, “On The Spiritual in Art”, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1988 |
Artist speaker, Friends of The Chester Beatty Library & Gallery of Oriental Art, Dublin, Ireland |
| 1985-86 |
Architectural design consultant to the Bank of Ireland, Allied Irish Banks |
| 1984-85 |
Lecturer and workshop leader, Limerick Vocational Education Committee, Limerick, Ireland |
| 1984 |
Lecturer to Secondary School Art Teachers, Limerick |
| 1984 |
Keynote Speaker, Society of Designers of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland |
| 1984 |
Visiting Lecturer, Limerick College of Art and Design |
| 1981-06 |
Taught private students and apprentices |
| 1981 |
Visiting Lecturer, National College of Art and Design and College of Marketing and Design |
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| 1980-2 |
Visiting lecturer, workshop leader and consultant, An Foras Forbartha (The National Institute for Planning and Research), Dublin, Ireland |
| 1978-86 |
Formed company in Ireland specializing in architectural restoration, decoration, and colour consultancy |
| MEMBERSHIPS |
| Women in Film and TV, Ireland, Visual Artists Ireland, IVARO, DACS, IAA U.N.E.S.C.O., Tax Exemption for Artists, Ireland; Archives on Women Artists, National Museum of Women in The Arts, Washington, D.C. |
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